The bout was confirmed Monday by the Singapore-based promotion,
which will stage its 15th event at Mall of Asia Arena in the Manila
suburb of Pasay, Philippines. Also announced for the card was a
featherweight fight between Australian “Ruthless” Rob Lisita
and Japan’s Yusuke
Kawanago, plus a flyweight tilt featuring Gianni
Subba and Eugene
Toquero.

A former two-division champ in the now-defunct Japanese
organization Dream, 33-year-old Fernandes turned down a UFC
contract in 2012 to sign with One FC. Since then, “The Flash” has
competed twice, capturing the company’s interim bantamweight title
against Koetsu
Okazaki last May before unifying the belt in an October bout
with Soo-Chul
Kim. Both of Fernandes’ One FC appearances have lasted five
rounds, and both ended in unanimous decisions for the
Brazilian.

Ueda, 36, began his career with a 12-bout unbeaten run which saw
him capture the Shooto world 132-pound title. Since dropping the
belt in a shocking loss to Shuichiro
Katsumura in 2010, Ueda has gone 8-1, including three straight
victories inside the One FC cage. He last saw action in May 2013,
when he outpointed rising Filipino star Kevin
Belingon to win the inaugural One FC bantamweight grand prix.